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Just got an operating system update for my Galaxy S10 phone by timkenhan in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 weeks ago

Still better than no update.

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open-source nvidia driver with flatpak (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hopefully this is the right place to ask. Lemme know otherwise.

I got a Thinkpad W530 with Quadro K2000M GPU (Kepler). With coreboot, I was able to get around all the headaches related to Optimus only having the discrete GPU enabled.

The GPU itself is well-supported by nouveau driver, missing only a few features on the power management side of things.

Things are good when I run stuff natively. However, I have yet to figure out Flatpak. I know we use org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.* packages that are some kind of Mesa abstraction layer.

Things are much more straightforward with Intel and AMD GPU. It is actually quite easy with the proprietary NVidia driver, but it doesn't exactly come free.

The ultimate question is: Should I install one of those org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-<ver> packages with my nouveau? If so, which version?

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Building And Testing A 1912-style Radio - Hackaday (hackaday.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/ece@lemmy.world

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Portable convenience [The Square Comics] by timkenhan in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[-] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 weeks ago

how about...

1000020848

..some wheels

Deadly strike on Rafah a tragic mishap, Netanyahu says by timkenhan in c/world@lemmy.world

[-] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 month ago

I guess the whole genocide thing is unintended, huh?

"Whooops, we accidentally wiped out the whole population of this land. Whadya know, nobody lives here now. Somebody should definitely claim it!"

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Are IO Sub Card of T420 and T430 interchangable? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

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I plan of having a maxed-out T420 for fun. Thinking that Firewire isn't particularly useful these days, but a second LAN port might. The Sub Card of T430 has a LAN port along with the USB and I was wpndering whether or not it's compatible with the T420.

Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow by timkenhan in c/world@lemmy.world

[-] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

Straight to jail! Right away!

What’s caught your interest lately? by timkenhan in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 months ago

Composting.

It all began with me saving some coffee waste because I heard that it's good for... plants, or something... Then it got covered in mold. So I looked into what to do with moldy pile of coffee ground and that's when I learned about it.

I started by putting the moldy coffee ground in a bucket. Then I incorporated green kitchen scraps that wouldn't get too wet like onion skin, bokchoy root, and some dried leaves from the yard. After a while it became like soil (even smell like it), and that's when I knew I succeeded.

Right now I am onto a new batch. I tried something different this time with fruit scraps as well as eggshell. I also put some shallots that I thought was going bad. Instead of rotting, it sprouted in that pile. Guess it shows that it's good for something, right?

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50 years in filesystems: towards 2004 – LFS (blog.koehntopp.info)

submitted 4 months ago by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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Problem Uploading Image: Vague Error Message (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/meta@sopuli.xyz

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Tried uploading an image I took with my phone camera into a Lemmy post, and failed.

I gotta admit that the image was indeed large (4MB). Refusing it would be reasonable. After resizing the image, it was successful.

What I found to be unreasonable was the error message. It returned a bunch of JSON garbage on the pop-up.

I ended up having to move from my phone to my computer and went on the network inspect tool just to see what's going on (a "file too large" error).

I would suggest a clearer error message. I don't know how this could be implemented, but it will be a deterent to a lot of people.

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Secondary Monitor Glitching on KDE Wayland (open source Nvidia driver) (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by timkenhan@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone, I've neen having this issue when running KDE wayland with multiple screen on my Thinkpad W530. I'm using the nouveau driver.

The primary monitor is fine, but the secondary one is glitching.

This is tested on Gentoo as well as Debian. I know it's not hardware issue because it runs fine on X11.

Anyone have any idea about this issue?

Edit: I should probably mention that I was using DisplayPort in the photo, but I also tried VGA and it gave the same result.

Edit1: I was able to narrow down the problem somewhat. Switching the BIOS setting to "Discrete only" for the GPU (thanks coreboot!) seems to make the glitching go away! This means the Optimus would be to blame.